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Tainá Rocha

I am a researcher working on patterns of biodiversity distribution, focusing on the impacts of global change (climate change and land-use and land-cover change). My recent interests and researches comprise: 1. Analysis of climate data and land use and land cover data under different scenarios of climate change, 2. Spatial analysisof species diversity (alpha and beta diversity), 3. Ecological niche models/speciesdistribution models and other niche analyses to assess the impacts of global change onbiodiversity, 4. Biogeographical patterns and evolutionary history in the Neotropics.Note:I use open-source tools and platforms. I am interested in good practices about open science (open databases, open software, etc.), good workflows, reproducibility and FAIR principles.

Education

PhD. in Zoology

Emílio Goeldi Museum

PA, Brazil

2017 - 2013

  • DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: Phylogeographic of disjunct bird between Amazon and Atlantic Forest

MSc. in Environmental biology

Federal University of Pará

PA, Brazil

2012 - 2010

  • MASTER THESIS: Phylogeographic analysis of Xiphorhynchus guttatus from Amazon and Atlantic Forest

Degree in biological science

Federal University of Pará

PA, Brazil

2010 - 2006

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Botanical Garden Research Institute
Supervisor: Marinez F Siqueira

RJ, Brazil

2021 - 2019

Researcher of Technological Development and Innovation

Ecoly departament
Supervisor: Mariana M Vale

UFRJ, Brazil

2019 - 2017

Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

Instructor

Biology department

PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2020 - 2020

Instructor

Biology department

PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2019 - 2019

Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

Veiga de Almeida University

RJ, Brazil

2019 - 2019

Data Visualization Best Practices

DataCamp

RJ, Brazil

2019 - 2019

  • Designed from bottom up course to teach best practices for scientific visualizations.
  • Uses R and ggplot2.
  • In top 10% on platform by popularity.

Improving your visualization in Python

DataCamp

RJ, Brazil

2019 - 2019

  • Designed from bottom up course to teach advanced methods for enhancing visualization.
  • Uses python, matplotlib, and seaborn.

Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

Veiga de Almeida University

RJ, Brazil

2018 - 2018

Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

UFRA

PA, Brazil

2018 - 2018

  • TA and lectured
  • Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
  • Highest level course offered in department

Guest lecture. Biological Sciences Undergraduate

Estácio de Sá University

RJ, Brazil

2017 - 2017

  • TA and lectured
  • Covered introduction to R language for statistics applications
  • Graduate level class

Guest lecture. Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

UFRA

PA, Brazil

2017 - 2017

  • TA and lectured
  • Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
  • Highest level course offered in department

High school teacher

Dinâmica Natural

RJ, Brazil

2017 - 2015

  • TA and lectured
  • Covered modern statistical computing algorithms
  • 4th year PhD level class

Selected Publications

Global land-use and land-cover data: historical, current and future scenarios

Under-Review, available in bioRxiv

N/A

2021 - 2021

  • Authored by Vale MM, Lima-Ribeiro MS and Rocha TC.

The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity

Biodiversity and conservation

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • Authored by Costa D, Nada F.and Rocha TC.

A dynamic continental moisture gradient drove Amazonian bird diversification

Science Advances

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Authored by Silva SM , Townsend P, Carneiro L, Burlamaqui TCT, Ribas CC, Sousa-Neves T, Miranda LS, Fernandes AM, d’Horta FM, Araújo-Silva LC, Batista R, Bandeira CHMM, Dantas SM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Oliveira J, Rocha TC, Sardelli CH, Gregory T, Rêgo PS, Santos MP, Sequeira F, Vallinoto M and Aleixo A.

A macroecological approach to evolutionary rescue and adaptation to climate change

Ecography

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Authored by Diniz-Filho JAF, Souza KS, Bini LM, Loyola R, Dobrovolski R, Rodrigues JFM, Lima-Ribeiro Matheus MS, Terribile CL, RangelTF, Bione I, Freitas R, Machado IF, Rocha TC, Lorini ML, ValeMM, Navas CA, Maciel NM, Villalobos F, Olalla-Tarraga MA, Gouveia S.
  • Successfully met qualifying examination standards

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of a widespread Neotropical rainforest bird group: The Buff-throated Woodcreeper complex, Xiphorhynchus guttatus/susurrans (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

N/A

2015 - 2015

  • Authored by Rocha TC, Sequeira F, Aleixo A, Rego PS, Sampaio I, Schneider H, Vallinoto M.

Instabilidade Climática e diversidade de espécies na Amazônia

In book: Cenários para Amazônia: clima, biodiversidade e uso da terra

N/A

2014 - 2014

  • Authored by Aleixo A, Townsend P, Araújo-Silva LC, Miléo CHM, Batista R, Burlamaqui TCT, Danta SM, Fernandes AM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Rêgo PS, Ribas CC, Rocha TC, Santos MP, Sardelli CH, Sequeira F, Soares LMS, de Sousa BRS, Sousa SA, Sousa-Neves T, Gregory T, Vallinoto M.

Identification and phylogenetic inferences on stocks of sharks affected by the fishing industry off the Northern coast of Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

N/A

2009 - 2009

  • Authored by Rodrigues-Filho LF, Rocha TC, Rego PS, Schneider H, Sampaio I, Vallinoto M.

Selected Talks & Scientific communication

I regularly blog about data science and visualization on my blog LiveFreeOrDichotomize.

The United States of Seasons

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2018

  • GIS analysis of weather data to find the most ‘seasonal’ locations in United States
  • Used Bayesian regression methods for smoothing sparse geospatial data.

Selected Events

Great paper? Swipe right on the new ‘Tinder for preprints’ app

Science

N/A

2017 - 2017

  • Story of the app Papr made with Jeff Leek and Lucy D’Agostino McGowan.

Swipe right for science: Papr app is ‘Tinder for preprints’

Nature News

N/A

2017 - 2017

  • Second press article for app Papr.

Disclaimer

This resume was made with the R packages pagedown and datadrivencv.

Code available on GitHub.

Last updated on 2021-07-14. The most recent version of this resume is available here.